FIELD                 MANUFACTURING

 

Review of Textiles Manufacture qualification

 

National Certificate in Wool Scouring (Operations) (Level 2) [Ref: 0637]

 

The Apparel and Textile Industry Training Organisation has reviewed the above qualification.

 

Date new version published                                                             November 2007

 

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2012.

 

Reason for the review

 

The Apparel and Textile ITO undertook a revision of the qualification listed above because the qualification is its present format presented significant barriers to completion for most trainees.  It also gave the opportunity to include the recently developed industry specific standards.

 

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

Changes to content and structure

·          The minimum credit total has decreased from 57 to 40.

·          Elective A and B have been swapped to allow industry specific requirements to be listed first.

·          Compulsory standard 497 has been substituted with standard 17915.

·          Compulsory standards 2780 and 10851 are no longer specified, but are included in Elective B.

·          Compulsory standards 2444 and 2445 have been substituted with standard 19841.

·          Elective A now includes all standards in the Wool Scouring domain, and the minimum number of credits required has been increased from 10 to 12.

·          Elective B allows for the balance of credits to be selected from anywhere on the NQF

·          The purpose statement has been updated.

 

Transition

 

People currently enrolled in a programme leading to the award of version 2 may either complete that version or transfer to version 3.

 

This qualification contains standards that have been used as substitutes for earlier standards.  For the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for the original standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standards - see table below.

 

Credit for

Exempt from

2444

19841

2445

19841

2444, 2445

19841 and 4 credits at Level 2 from anywhere on the NQF

 

The Apparel and Textile Industry Training Organisation (ATITO) does not intend that any existing candidate be disadvantaged by this review.  However, any candidate who feels that they have been disadvantaged by the transition should contact ATITO at the address below. 

 

Apparel and Textile Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 13 210

CHRISTCHURCH

 

Telephone              03 377 8443

Email                       training@atito.org.nz

 

Key to Qualification Review Categories

 

Category A

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID

Changes are made to SSB name, contact details or purpose statement

No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification

No transition arrangements are required

Category B

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID

Changes are made to title, rules or components

The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version

The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence

Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version

Category C

A new (replacement) qualification is published with new NQF ID

Significant changes are made to the qualification in terms of components, structure, type or level

The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification

Transition arrangements are required

Transition may be limited to phase-out dates

Category D

Qualification will expire.

There is no replacement qualification

Qualification is no longer required by industry

The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set